It looks like Ellen Page and Alexander Skarsgard are more than just co-stars. While promoting their indie thriller The East in San Francisco, director Zal Batmanglij snapped a pic of the couple frolicking in the grass. Although they have yet to officially confirm their relationship, it only takes one glance at this adorable picture to see that the actors are more than friends.
The photo (below), which Batmanglij tweeted on June 8, shows the 36-year-old True Blood hunk planting a tender kiss on 26-year-old Page. The Juno star later retweeted the photo, adding the caption "Canadian tuxedo party" in reference to their matching denim shirts.
This reminds me of shooting. When we'd lie in the grass listening to Toby practice Rostam's piano piece. #TheEast twitter.com/z_al/status/34…
— Zal Batmanglij (@z_al) June 9, 2013
The pair met on the set of The East and have reportedly been dating for about a year. Indeed, they've been looking pretty cozy in their many red carpet appearances to promote the movie.
The East, which is currently in theaters, tells the story of an FBI agent who goes undercover to infiltrate an anarchist group, only to find herself falling in love with its leader. While Page plays Skarsgard's former lover in the film, it looks like her real-life relationship with the Swedish actor is anything but over.
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Actress Brit Marling learned to live on the cheap by spending a summer traveling with her writing partner and surviving off food they found in dumpsters. The Arbitrage and Another Earth star and her director pal Zal Batmanglij hit the road in 2009 and spent two months living for free as inspiration for their raw new movie The East, about the rise against corporate culture, and Marling insists it was an eye-opening experience.
She tells Glamour magazine, "We wanted to have a summer adventure. We learned to train-hop and Dumpster dive, which sounds gross, but I actually made restaurant-worthy vegan meals out of food from a Dumpster. My whole perspective on the world shifted, and I came back wanting to tell stories about the experience."
And the 29 year old admits her mum and dad were worried she'd lost her way after hearing about their daughter's plans, joking, "My parents... thought I'd lost my mind... By that point... I'd studied economics and art at Georgetown University (in Washington, D.C.), then passed on an investment banking job and headed to Cuba to make a documentary."

Even with the 2012 Presidential election behind us, the political and social debates in America are hotter than ever. The country has trust issues: who is really fighting for the freedoms the nations affords its citizens, and who is bending the rules to fit their agenda? As society quests for answers and a response from the people in power, filmmakers have utilized their tools to put a microscope over the predicament. And where better for those challenging explorations to debut than at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Dropping us right into the middle of the battlefield is 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film, a mix of archive footage shot by protesters around the world and interviews with influential members of the OWS movement. In late 2011, in the heat of Occupy's emergence as a voice to be reckoned, skeptics asked what tangible goals the thousands of OWS protestors were chasing. 99% makes the group's mission abundantly clear.
Through dissecting the actions of the group — and more importantly, the government, corporation, media, and police reactions to OWS — the documentary cites a laundry list of actions committed by "the 1%" that are dividing and crumbling the country. From preying on the impoverished through mortgage dealing, to escalating student loans, to indulgent paychecks, to corporation intrusion into the government system, the ambiguity of the 99%'s fight is founded with facts, fingers pointed with reason by political analysts and OWS frontmen. There are people who support OWS, but who take issue with the movement's strategy: one interviewee suggests that Occupy does itself a disservice by not having a leader structure. As they stand now, the group functions as a true democracy, giving a voice to anyone who wants to speak. The free-flowing approach isn't common and certainly unlike how government functions. It's also the reason, as many say, why the media is able to easily undermine the movement. An interview with a person simply there to support instead of an OWS spokesperson with all the facts on hand leads to an "uneducated" sound byte — perfect headline fodder.
99%'s best footage is of the violent police reactions to the civil protests. Pepper spray, tear gas, and thousands of arrests are all on display in the high resolution, in-the-moment scenes, evidence that the iPhone may be the most important filmmaking tool of the 21st Century. In one sequence, the NYPD storms through crowds of protestors on horseback — a stunning image that feels eerily reminiscent of Planet of the Apes. Interviewers in the film — including a former Philadelphia police chief — cry out that America is evolving into a police state, the men and women in uniform working more for the corporations and government than the people. That angle alone makes 99% a rousing call-to-arms, regardless of feelings on the economical and political issues.
And that's the major issue at the center of The East, a new thriller from director Zal Batmanglij and writer/actress Brit Marling. The duo impressed Sundance in 2011 with their microbudget sci-fi drama Sound of My Voice. And now, with a bigger budget and lofty ambition, they have returned with a heart-pounding investigation of corporations, greed, and domestic terrorism. Like a terrifying evolution of the OWS mission, The East steps into the morally murky waters of protest, following an agent in the private sector, Sarah (Marling), as she infiltrates an eco-terrorism group that's gaining momentum. The East aims to pull the carpet from under big business' feet — early in the film, they cover a gas company CEO's mansion with oil, in response to a spill that killed hundreds of animals. When Sarah eventually joins the group through crafty espionage, she teams up with the abrasive activists for their next "jam." She goes in uninformed, but witnesses the The East's lead three, Benji (Alexander Skarsgård), Izzy (Ellen Page), and the group's doctor "Doc" (Toby Kebbell), poison a party full of pharmaceutical head honchos with a drug their company has recently put on the market. The twist: that drug, given a pass by the FDA, has brain damaging side effects.
Produced by Ridley and Tony Scott, The East takes its cues from the kind of smart thrillers we haven't seen since the late '90s/early '00s. Like the films of Bourne writer Tony Gilroy or even Ridley Scott's own Body of Lies, Batmajglij's fast-paced drama uses all-too-real issues as a catalyst for tension and excitement. His pacing and camera work send rapid-fire chills down the spine. His script (co-written with Marling) works hard to make the world grounded, adding to the scary truth of the scenario. Sarah and her boss (played viciously by Patricia Clarkson) are found investigating The East's members using Facebook profiles. Details like that could be kitschy, but in The East, they make perfect sense.
Marling, known for her reserved presence and super serious attitude, works perfectly as an agent who begins to understand The East's cause. Maybe their radical way of doing business really is the only way to provoke response. When The East's plans become personal for all involved, every member realizes they're in over their heads. That's the price of doing deadly business in the name of what you believe in. Marling sizzles on screen,which is especially satisfying as we rarely see a female character in situations like this.
The East is a clear work of fiction, but placed side-by-side with 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film, it feels like a glimpse into the future. Thus far, Occupy's work has been rightfully peaceful, civil disobedience that riles up the opposition and forces people to confront the issues at hand. Ignorance on the part of people in power has pushed the group into a quiet dormancy (although don't mistaken OWS as being wiped — they're very much active, aiding tremendously in the aftermath of Sandy), and when they return in full force, one expects the same non-violent approach. But there will always be radicals who try something new and potentially harmful. The East demands we question if that step is the wrong one.
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This year, Hollywood.com will once again be jetting off to Park City, Utah for the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. For 10 days, the small mountain town becomes the epicenter for all things movies, with A-List stars and filmmakers from around the world congregating to get their taste of independent cinema.
Sundance plays host to movies big and small, with comedies starring our favorite funny people, dramas sporting famous faces ready to blow us away, and complete unknowns ready to emerge as the next Beasts of the Southern Wild. Just because you've never heard of the director, lead actor, or lead actress doesn't mean the movie and its crew won't be walking the red carpet at the Oscars next year. This is where the journey begins.
To prepare you for the discoveries to come, our two correspondents on the ground in Park City, Matt Patches and Brian Moylan, sifted through the hundreds of films playing the festival to whittle down a list of their most anticipated list. The top 10 has a little bit of everything — check out their picks and keep your eyes peeled for more Sundance coverage to come:
ACOD
We've seen Adam Scott and Amy Poehler fall in love on Parks and Recreation, but can we buy them as adversaries? Scott plays a befuddled guy (and inspiration for his shrink's self-help book) who is trying to broker peace between his long-divorced mother (Catherine O'Hara) and his father (Richard Jenkins), who is married to the zany Poehler. If this is half as funny as it sounds, it will be the funniest movie of the festival. — Moylan
Ass Backwards
Every Sundance has its handful of breakouts and with a costarring role in the David Sedaris adaptation C.O.G. and a prominent part (as well as co-writer credit) on the midnight premiere Ass Backwards, that festival star could be Casey Wilson. She's due for it too: a brief stint on Saturday Night Live led her to become a regular on Happy Endings, and now she has her own flick. Ass Backwards, which follows two women who "both tied for dead last in their hometown beauty paganent" way back when, sounds twisted in all the right ways. — Patches
Before Midnight
This past summer, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, and director Richard Linklater headed to Summer to shoot the third entry in their "Before trilogy," the story that began with a romantic chance meeting in 1995's Before Sunrise and resurfaced for 2004's Before Sunset. Can the trio continue the magic by having the intertwined lives of Celine and Jesse connect again? With a heap of emotion invested in the fictitious pair, I sure hope so. — Patches
Blue Caprice
Sundance's NEXT category features a slate of low, low-budget films contending with the star-driven movies that have now become a staple. They're usually amazing too, which is why I'm keeping an eye on Blue Caprice, a black and white docudrama that puts us in the middle of the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, all from the perspective of the shooters. My heart is racing already. — Patches
The East
Brit Marling and director Zal Batmanglij blew attendees minds in 2011 with their cult sci-fi thriller Sound of My Voice and they return this year to Sundance with a project that's equally mysterious. The East focuses on a contract worker infiltrating an eco-terrorist group — not too dissimilar sounding from Sound of My Voice. Marling returns, joined this time by Ellen Page and Alexander Skarsgård. A larger scope should give Batmanglij more playing room, and even more of a chance to repeat their previous success. — Patches
Kill Your Darlings
Daniel Radcliffe makes his first Sundance appearance playing poet Allen Ginsberg during his days at Columbia University. With a bevy of great actors (including Dane DeHaan, Ben Foster, Michael C. Hall, Jack Huston, Elizabeth Olsen), Kill Your Darlings may approach the biopic with recognizable indie sensibilities, but it's on our radar just to see if Radcliffe has a real dramatic life after Potter. — Patches
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What do we want for Sundance? Socially conscious indies from around the world that make us think while being entertained, right? Well, that and pictures of celebs in ski gear. No one will be skiing in this Chilean movie where Gael Garcia Bernal plays a real-life ad man in the '80s who engineered a campaign to get voters to oust dictator Augusto Pinochet. This checks off every box in the Sundance requirements while seeming original at the same time. — Moylan
Prince Avalanche
After two misses with Your Highness and The Sitter, David Gordon Green returns to his indie roots for Prince Avalanche. Pairing two actors I can't help but love, Paul Rudd and Emilie Hirsch, the film should meld the director's penchant for comedy and past character study work. If it's a happy medium, it should be one of the festival's best. — Patches
The Spectacular Now
The addiction drama Smashed was one of the best movies to play 2012's festival. Director James Ponsoldt returns to Sundance with his next, The Spectacular Now, adapting similar themes (alcoholism appears to be an important part of the tale) to a story of adolescent relationships. Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley, two up-and-comers with thoughtful work to their names, star, giving us hope that the movie digs deeper into youth culture than most Hollywood films would even allow. — Patches
Two Mothers
What's the only thing better than a movie about a woman falling in love with her best friend's son? A movie about two best friends falling in love with each other's sons! When the two mothers are played by Naomi Watts and Robin Wright (no more Penn) and directed by Anne Fontaine, it's sure to be a deep psychological insight about love and longing rather than the rom-com set up it sounds like. — Moylan
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While the annual Sundance film festival continues to be a place that launches young filmmaking talent, over the years it's also become a star-studded publicity machine attracting big names looking to debut their new films. The list of celebs attending the 2013 festival for the out-of-competition premieres of their new movies should not disappoint.
The most anticipated premiere won't happen until the end of the festival, when the Steve Jobs biopic jOBS, starring Ashton Kutcher as the Apple guru, is honored as the closing night film.
Oscar-winning screenwriters (and sometime sitcom stars) Nat Faxon and Jim Rash will make their directorial debut with a film they wrote called The Way, Way Back, starring Steve Carell and Toni Collette.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt will take it one step further by starring in his self-penned directorial debut, DonJon's Addiction, alongside Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore.
There's also Lovelace, with Amanda Seyfried as the titular '70s porn star, the third union of Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy in Before Midnight, and Jane Campion's six-hour epic Top of the Lake, among many others.
The documentaries premiering out of competition cover diverse topics, including Wikileaks, Jeremy Lin, multiple sclerosis, Dick Cheney and more.
The 2013 Sundance Film Festival runs from Jan. 17-27, 2013.
2013 PREMIERES
A.C.O.D. / U.S.A. (Director: Stuart Zicherman, Screenwriters: Ben Karlin, Stuart Zicherman) — Carter is a well-adjusted Adult Child of Divorce. So he thinks. When he discovers he was part of a divorce study as a child, it wreaks havoc on his family and forces him to face his chaotic past. Cast: Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, Catherine O'Hara, Amy Poehler, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clark Duke.
Before Midnight / U.S.A. (Director: Richard Linklater, Screenwriters: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater— We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna. Before the clock strikes midnight, we will again become part of their story. Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Ariane Labed, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick.
Big Sur / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Michael Polish) — Unable to cope with a suddenly demanding public and battling advanced alcoholism, Jack Kerouac seeks respite in three brief sojourns to a cabin in Big Sur, which reveal his mental and physical deterioration. Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Kate Bosworth, Josh Lucas, Radha Mitchell, Anthony Edwards, Henry Thomas.
Breathe In / U.S.A. (Director: Drake Doremus, Screenwriters: Drake Doremus, Ben York Jones) — When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever. Cast: Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Amy Ryan, Mackenzie Davis.
Don Jon's Addiction / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Joseph Gordon-Levitt) — In Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s charming directorial debut, a selfish modern-day Don Juan attempts to change his ways. Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Glenne Headly, Rob Brown.
The East / U.S.A. (Director: Zal Batmanglij, Screenwriters: Zal Batmanglij, Brit Marling) — An operative for an elite private intelligence firm goes into deep cover to infiltrate a mysterious anarchist collective attacking major corporations. Bent on apprehending these fugitives, she finds her loyalty tested as her feelings grow for the group's charismatic leader. Cast: Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page, Toby Kebbell, Shiloh Fernandez, Patricia Clarkson.
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete / U.S.A. (Director: George Tillman Jr., Screenwriter: Michael Starrbury) — Separated from their mothers and facing a summer in the Brooklyn projects alone, two boys hide from police and forage for food, with only each other to trust. A story of salvation through friendship and two boys against the world. Cast: Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon, Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks, Anthony Mackie, Jeffrey Wright.
jOBS / U.S.A. (Director: Joshua Michael Stern, Screenwriter: Matt Whiteley) — The true story of one of the greatest entrepreneurs in American history, jOBS chronicles the defining 30 years of Steve Jobs’ life. jOBS is a candid, inspiring and personal portrait of the one who saw things differently. Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, J.K. Simmons, Matthew Modine. CLOSING NIGHT FILM
The Look of Love / United Kingdom (Director: Michael Winterbottom, Screenwriter: Matt Greenhalgh) — The true story of British adult magazine publisher and entrepreneur Paul Raymond. A modern day King Midas story, Raymond became one of the richest men in Britain at the cost of losing those closest to him. Cast: Steve Coogan, Anna Friel, Imogen Poots, Tamsin Egerton.
Lovelace / U.S.A. (Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Screenwriter: Andy Bellin) — Deep Throat, the first pornographic feature film to be a mainstream success, was an international sensation in 1972 and made its star, Linda Lovelace, a media darling. Years later the “poster girl for the sexual revolution” revealed a darker side to her story. Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Hank Azaria, Adam Brody, James Franco, Sharon Stone.
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman / U.S.A. (Director: Fredrik Bond, Screenwriter: Matt Drake) — Traveling abroad, Charlie Countryman falls for Gabi, a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in Nigel, her violent, charismatic ex. As the darkness of Gabi’s past increasingly envelops him, Charlie resolves to win her heart, or die trying. Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen, Rupert Grint, James Buckley, Til Schweiger.
Prince Avalanche / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: David Gordon Green) — Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind. Cast: Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch.
Stoker / U.S.A. (Director: Park Chan-Wook, Screenwriter: Wentworth Miller) — After India's father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie comes to live with her and her mother, Evelyn. Soon after his arrival, India suspects that this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives but becomes increasingly infatuated with him. Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, Nicole Kidman.
Sweetwater / U.S.A. (Directors: Logan Miller, Noah Miller, Screenwriter: Andrew McKenzie) — In the late 1800s, a fanatical religious leader, a renegade Sheriff, and a former prostitute collide in a blood triangle on the rugged plains of the New Mexico Territory. Cast: Ed Harris, January Jones, Jason Isaacs, Eduardo Noriega, Steven Rude, Amy Madigan.
Top of the Lake / Australia, New Zealand (Directors: Jane Campion, Garth Davis, Screenwriters: Jane Campion, Gerard Lee) — A 12-year-old girl stands chest deep in a frozen lake. She is five months pregnant, and won't say who the father is. Then she disappears. So begins a haunting mystery that consumes a community. Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Holly Hunter, Peter Mullan, David Wenham. This six-hour film will screen once during the Festival.
Two Mothers / Australia, France (Director: Anne Fontaine, Screenwriter: Christopher Hampton) — This gripping tale of love, lust and the power of friendship charts the unconventional and passionate affairs of two lifelong friends who fall in love with each other’s sons. Cast: Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, James Frechevile.
Very Good Girls / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Naomi Foner) — In the long, half-naked days of a New York summer, two girls on the brink of becoming women fall for the same guy and find that life isn't as simple or safe as they had thought. Cast: Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Boyd Holbrook, Demi Moore, Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Barkin.
The Way, Way Back / U.S.A. (Directors and screenwriters: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash) — Duncan, an introverted 14-year-old, comes into his own over the course of a comedic summer when he forms unlikely friendships with the gregarious manager of a rundown water park and the misfits who work there. Cast: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, Sam Rockwell, Maya Rudolph, Liam James.
2013 DOCUMENTARY PREMIERES
ANITA / U.S.A. (Director: Freida Mock) — Anita Hill, an African-American woman, charges Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas with sexual harassment in explosive Senate hearings in 1991 – bringing sexual politics into the national consciousness and fueling 20 years of international debate on the issues.
The Crash Reel / U.S.A. (Director: Lucy Walker) — The jaw-dropping story of one unforgettable athlete, Kevin Pearce; one eye-popping sport, snowboarding; and one explosive issue, traumatic brain injury. An epic rivalry between Kevin and Shaun White culminates in a life-changing crash and a comeback story with a difference. SALT LAKE CITY GALA FILM
History of the Eagles / U.S.A. (Director: Alison Ellwood) — Using never-before-seen home movies, archival footage and new interviews with all current and former members of the Eagles, this documentary provides an intimate look into the history of the band and the legacy of their music.
Linsanity / U.S.A. (Director: Evan Leong) — Jeremy Lin came from a humble background to make an unbelievable run in the NBA. State high school champion, all-Ivy League at Harvard, undrafted by the NBA and unwanted there: his story started long before he landed on Broadway.
Pandora's Promise / U.S.A. (Director: Robert Stone) — A growing number of environmentalists are renouncing decades of antinuclear orthodoxy and have come to believe that the most feared and controversial technology known to mankind is probably our greatest hope.
Running from Crazy / U.S.A. (Director: Barbara Kopple) — Mariel Hemingway, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, strives for a greater understanding of her family history of suicide and mental illness. As tragedies are explored and deeply hidden secrets are revealed, Mariel searches for a way to overcome a similar fate.
Sound City / U.S.A. (Director: Dave Grohl) — Through interviews and performances with the legendary musicians and producers who worked at America's greatest unsung recording studio, Sound City, we explore the human element of music, and the lost art of analog recording in an increasingly digital world.
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks / U.S.A. (Director: Alex Gibney) — In 2010, WikiLeaks and its sources used the power of the Internet to usher in what was for some a new era of transparency and for others the beginnings of an information war.
When I Walk / U.S.A., Canada (Director: Jason DaSilva) — At 25, filmmaker and artist Jason DaSilva finds out he has a severe form of multiple sclerosis. This film shares his personal and grueling journey over the next seven years. Along the way, an unlikely miracle changes everything.
Which Way is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington / U.S.A. (Director: Sebastian Junger) — Shortly after the release of his documentary Restrepo, photographer Tim Hetherington was killed in Libya. Colleague Sebastian Junger traces Hetherington's work across the world's battlefields to reveal how he transcended the boundaries of image-making to become a luminary in his profession.
The World According to Dick Cheney / U.S.A. (Directors: R.J. Cutler, Greg Finton) — How did Dick Cheney become the single-most-powerful nonpresidential figure in American history? This multi-layered examination of Cheney's life, career, key relationships and controversial worldview features exclusive interviews with the former vice president and his closest allies.
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The two movies will face stiff competition from thriller The Loneliest Planet, drama Middle of Nowhere and director Richard Linklater's black comedy Bernie, which has also scored a nomination for Best Ensemble Performance.
The casts of Moonrise Kingdom, Safety Not Guaranteed, Your Sister's Sister and Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro's Silver Linings Playbook are also up for the top prize, although The Master, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman, is a surprise omission.
Quvenzhane Wallis' performance in Beasts of the Southern Wild has earned the child star a nod in the Breakthrough Actor category, where she'll be up against Mike Birbiglia (Sleepwalk with Me), Emayatzy Corinealdi (Middle of Nowhere), Thure Lindhardt (Keep the Lights On) and Melanie Lynskey (Hello, I Must Be Going), while her director Benh Zeitlin will face off against the likes of Zal Batmanglij (Sound of My Voice), Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin (Now, Forager) for the Breakthrough Director honour.
Detropia, How to Survive a Plague, The Waiting Room and Room 237 are among the nominees for Best Documentary.
Meanwhile, Matt Damon, French actress Marion Cotillard and filmmaker David O'Russell will receive career tributes at the New York ceremony, which will take place on 26 November (12).
The Big Apple prizegiving traditionally kicks off the film world's awards season with winners often going on to land Academy Awards nominations and wins.

Director Zal Batmanglij's Sound of My Voice is only now making its way to theaters (the intimate, cult thriller opens April 27), but the film wowed audiences at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, so much so, that Batmanglij quickly assembled a stellar cast for his next film, and shot it all before his debut even hit theaters. The East stars Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page, Julia Ormond, Patricia Clarkson, Toby Kebbell and breakout starlet Brit Marling (who wrote and starred in Sound of My Voice, and while Batmanglij's follow-up sports a high profile line-up, plot details have been kept carefully under wraps.
But with The East in the can, snippets of information are finally starting to be revealed. While walking the red carpet at the Wrath of the Titans premiere, Toby Kebbell (War Horse) spilled some details to me on The East. What's this sizable cast up to in the film?
"We're activists, more so eco-warriors. Whats happened is…I play a doctor, who, when he was an AIDS worker in Africa, he prescribed his sister and himself an anti-malaria drug that we call Denoxin. And Denoxin had a side effect on his sister, a syndrome called prosopagnosia, which is a condition where you forget your own face in the mirror, generally associated with head trauma, or genetic is what they thought. As it turns out, it's actually a side effect of some of these drugs. So my journey is that I'm trying to give the drug company their drug to take, seeing as it's so safe."
WIth such a large cast, one would expect Kebbell to spend a majority of his time with a particular actor, but not so. "It's an ensemble and it's perfect. I share my scenes with everyone." And while he praised the cast, working with two of his co-stars did cause a little pain. "It's like having a very stiff neck. You're staring up at Skarsgård or looking down at Ellen Page, it's very weird."
Kebbell revealed that, in comparison to the nearly one-location Sound of My Voice, The East opens up the scope—but that his character may not see too much of the fight. "There's some action. It's a big world. But my character doesn't have any action, he has snapped tendons in his knees. He can't walk very quickly. But there are some panic moments, some calm moments. It's a beautiful journey."
The East does not have a set release date, but the name cast should help this one land in theaters in the near future.
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After being nominated for an Oscar for 2007's Juno, it would have been easy for Ellen Page to nab any major role she wanted. She was an It-Girl—but thankfully, she didn't let the new found fame go to her head. Page has found balance in her early and already-expansive career, bouncing between blockbusters like Inception, off-beat indies like Super and middle road pictures like Drew Barrymore's Whip It.
Her next continues the trend of keeping us on our toes: she'll join Alexander Skarsgard (I hear the masses collectively swoon every time I mention his name) and Another Earth star Brit Marling in a movie titled The East. Written by Marling and director Zal Batmanglij (who previously co-wrote in the other Sundance 2011 Marling-vehicle Sound of My Voice), The East follows an big business security firm's undercover agent (Marling) as she infiltrates an anarchist organization known as "The East." Skarsgard plays a member of the group who becomes enamored with Marling, while Page will play Skarsgard's former lover who isn't too thrilled by Marling's presence.
As much as I enjoyed Juno, I'm happy to see Page try her hand at something a little more "adult." This could be a meaty role for the actress and the writing pair of Marling/Batmanglij have proven with their previous film that they're fully capable of building tension within small groups and spaces (Sound of My Voice revolves around the similar idea of a documentarian infiltrating a cult). That said, if the role requires her to use another hamburger phone, that's cool—just as long as they let Page do her stuff.
Source: Variety

I almost feel like writing this article is a waste of time. Not because the news is unimportant, but because no matter how compelling what I say is, the readers will invariably divert their eyes to the left and end up gazing whimsically at the picture of Alexander Skarsgard. Seriously, this guy is super handsome. But try and stay with me here.
Skarsgard, notable primarily for his TV work (first in Generation Kill, and presently in True Blood) is handsoming his way into stardom: one film that'll be imbued with the actor's divine bone structure is The East. Although not much is known about this film, written and directed by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, available details revolve around the infiltration of an eco-terrorist group; Skarsgard will presumably play the head terrorist, whose dangerous political sway is a result of people being unable to look at him without needing to sit down.
Other films that will be reaping the benefits of the performer's good looks include Battleship (which the trailer reveals to be a high-complexity cerebral allegory that studies the self-defeating ambition of man) and the a-little-too-chilling Straw Dogs. Something tells me that we won't be seeing a shortage of Skarsgard anytime soon. I think it's the jawline.
Source: Indiewire

After breaking out in spectacular fashion at Sundance, writing, producing, and starring in not one but two festival favorites – Mike Cahill’s Another Earth and Zal Batmanglij’s Sound of My Voice – Brit Marling has emerged as one of the most sought-after talents in Hollywood. Vulture reports that Marling is being pursued to star in two high-profile projects, both with some pretty impressive names attached: The Company You Keep, starring Robert Redford and Shia Labeouf, and One Shot, starring Tom Cruise. The former is a political drama about a Weather Underground activist and the young reporter who exposed him, the latter an adaptation of a “Jack Reacher” thriller by Lee Childs.
Marling’s participation in either project appears partly contingent on whether The East, a thriller she co-wrote with Batmanglij, is able to attract a “big name” actor before its self-appointed October 11 start date. The film is currently in development under the Fox Searchlight banner, but the studio won’t move forward without a proper headliner. Both The Company You Keep and One Shot are scheduled to start shooting in September, and so Marling is faced with a choice. Not exactly Sophie's Choice, but a choice nonetheless.
Source: Vulture